Kazakhstan Unveils Central Asia’s Most Powerful Supercomputer

• Kazakhstan launches 2-exaflop supercomputer to lead AI and HPC in Central Asia.
• Reduces reliance on foreign clouds, supports startups, R&D, and national data security.
• Built with NVIDIA H200 GPUs, in partnership with UAE’s Presight AI.

Kazakhstan has made a giant leap toward digital sovereignty with the unveiled of Central Asia's most powerful supercomputer. powered by NVIDIA H200 GPUs. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev opened the system at the new National Computer Center, which is operated by the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry.

This high-performance computing cluster has a remarkable performance of 2 exaflops, equivalent to 2 quintillion operations per second with a goal of transforming digital opportunity for Kazakhstan in the fields of education, AI research, and industry innovation.

President Tokayev pointed to the launch as a steppingstone to digital transformation of Kazakhstan shared that with the computing cluster, startups, universities, research institutes and private enterprises in the country will have access to a powerful computing resource. The launch will also bolster the country's initiative to become less dependent on global providers of cloud computing, such as Amazon and Google, by enabling the capture of capital and data security.

Also Read: AWS Opens Innovation Hub to Boost Cloud and AI in Asia Pacific

Minister of Digital Development Zhaslan Madiev said local engineers have already begun advanced training and will receive the full operational controls of the supercomputer within five years.

During his visit to the centre, Tokayev also saw many digital innovations in the fields of healthcare, smart cities, services and governance, and education. One of the highlights was meeting the Kazakh-founded construction tech company, Surfaice.pro, which is based in Silicon Valley, has raised $1.5 million and is currently operational in five U.S. states.

The development of the project was in conjunction with Presight AI Ltd, based in the UAE, which is consistent with Kazakhstan's ambition to be the regional technology and AI innovation hub. The supercomputing infrastructure is a significant step toward actualizing that dream and cementing Kazakhstan as a technology-leader in Central Asia.